Mouassine Museum
The Mouassine Museum (
History
The house is located in the
The building which the Mouassine Museum occupies today is located right next to the southeastern corner of the Mouassine Mosque, along Derb el Hammam street (named after the
In recent times, the house was inhabited by the local Mellakh family (which included the painter Abdelhay Mellakh) since at least 1954 before being bought in 2012 by Patrick Manac’h and Hamid Mergani, co-founders of another museum in the city, the
Architecture
The douiria or apartment is located on the upper floor of the house and is reached via a short staircase. This leads to a square salon covered by a wooden ceiling with a central skylight. On two sides of the salon, facing each other, are large alcoves which served as seating areas and are sheltered by their own wooden canopies or ceilings. The two other sides of the salon have large doorways leading to side rooms which might have been used as bedrooms or secondary salons.[2][1] The main central room is particularly rich in decoration, with carved stucco featuring geometric patterns and Kufic letter motifs as well as sculpted and painted wooden ceilings.[1][2] The side rooms also have painted ceilings, featuring motifs from the time of Sultan Moulay Ismail (late 17th to early 18th century).[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Musée de Mouassine | Marrakesh, Morocco Attractions". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Kilkelly, Colin. "The 16th Century Douiria Discovery in Marrakech, Your Morocco Travel Guide". Morocco Travel Blog. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ^ a b "Histoire". www.museedelamusique.ma. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ^ "Evenements". museedelamusique.ma. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
- ^ a b "Musée de la Musique - Musée Mouassine à Marrakech". Vivre-Marrakech.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
- ^ ISBN 2747523888.
- ^ a b c Deverdun, Gaston (1959). Marrakech: Des origines à 1912. Rabat: Éditions Techniques Nord-Africaines.
- ^ ISBN 9782359061826.
- ^ "Dar Cherifa | Marrakesh, Morocco Nightlife". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ^ a b Kilkelly, Colin (2014-04-07). "A 17th Century Douiria Reception Apt. Uncovered in Marrakech". Morocco World News. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
- ^ a b "Marrakech : Le musée Maouassine, un lieu chargé d'histoire (Photos)". 2M (in French). Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ^ "Le Musée de la Musique". Musée de la Musique (in French). 2020-10-08. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
Further reading
- Salmon, Xavier (2015). La belle oubliée de Marrakech: une masriya à Mouassine. ISBN 9954366695.